Water and Power Development Authority

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p>WAPDA was established by an act of parliament in 1958<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> to unify the maintenance of <a href="/facts/Infrastructure/QJvbsSpl">infrastructure</a> previously overseen by <a href="/facts/Subdivisions_of_Pakistan/c1UCTqjc">provincial</a> agencies. Its Chairmen included outstanding civil servants like <a href="/facts/Ghulam_Ishaq_Khan/zQUH1Cmf">Ghulam Ishaq Khan</a>, <a href="/facts/Ghulam_Faruque_Khan/AdAndTID">Ghulam Faruque Khan</a> and <a href="/facts/Aftab_Ghulam_Nabi_Kazi/GnDAUzej">Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi</a> who were subsequently <a href="/facts/President_of_Pakistan/w1a5GFaj">President of Pakistan</a>, Minister for Commerce and Economic Adviser, respectively. In October 2007, thermal power management was split into the newly formed <a href="/facts/Pakistan_Electric_Power_Company/rbfAzMdf">Pakistan Electric Power Company</a> (PEPCO).
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<h2 id="wapda-water-vision-2025">WAPDA Water vision 2025</h2>
<p>WAPDA formulated a comprehensive $25–33 billion National Water Resource and Hydropower Development Programme, entitled Water Vision 2025. The Water Vision 2025 projects are expected to generate 16,000 MW of <a href="/facts/Hydroelectricity/zEeJIK2B">hydroelectricity</a>. Other goals are to prevent water shortages, limit drought and increase water storage for a growing population. Five massive hydropower projects have been announced by the President of Pakistan; these are to be completed by 2016, with a generation capacity of 9,500 MW. Two of the projects are ready for construction, while three are in the stages of feasibility studies and preparation of tender documents.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a>
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<h2 id="sporting-teams">Sporting teams</h2>
<p class="note">Further information: <a href="/facts/Water_and_Power_Development_Authority_cricket_team/xf1X5owk">Water and Power Development Authority cricket team</a> and <a href="/facts/WAPDA_F.C./M1uCLdW7">WAPDA F.C.</a></p>
<h2 id="hospitals">Hospitals</h2>
<p>There is a 260 Bedded WAPDA Teaching Hospital Complex at Lahore providing medical services to those in need. Additionally, there are  50 bedded hospitals at Tarbela, Peshawar, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Multan, Quetta & Guddu and 20 bedded hospital at Mangla and Sukkur which are fully functional and proving in-house services in all major clinical disciplines.
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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<li>Pakistan portal</li><li>Energy portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Electricity_distribution_companies_of_Pakistan/KYWocn1V">Electricity distribution companies of Pakistan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Pakistan/NgHywbM0">Dams and reservoirs in Pakistan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Electricity_sector_in_Pakistan/u1ytrw6q">Electricity sector in Pakistan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Economy_of_Pakistan/0cuQVpC6">Economy of Pakistan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Alternative_Energy_Development_Board/qDYMalvM">Alternative Energy Development Board</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/National_Electric_Power_Regulatory_Authority/QYL74FWw">National Electric Power Regulatory Authority</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/K-Electric/xFqAkLCw">K-Electric</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Water and Power Development Authority <a href="http://www.wapda.gov.pk/" target="_blank">http://www.wapda.gov.pk/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>(R H Siddiqui) Wapda 'Vision 2025' to help solve power crises The Nation, Published 24 September 2008, Retrieved 20 June 2021 <a href="https://nation.com.pk/24-Sep-2008/wapda-vision-2025-to-help-solve-power-crisis" target="_blank">https://nation.com.pk/24-Sep-2008/wapda-vision-2025-to-help-solve-power-crisis</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Fawad Yousafzai (12 May 2021). "Wapda endeavouring to add 9000MW to national grid by 2028". The Nation. Retrieved 20 June 2021. <a href="https://nation.com.pk/12-May-2021/wapda-endeavouring-to-add-9000mw-to-national-grid-by-2028" target="_blank">https://nation.com.pk/12-May-2021/wapda-endeavouring-to-add-9000mw-to-national-grid-by-2028</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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